Timeline: From Jason Rezaian's arrest to release in Iran

A source close to Iran's judiciary is confirming to The Associated Press that jailed Washington Post bureau chief Jason Rezaian is one of four dual-national prisoners freed today by Iran's government. (Jan. 16)
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Ali Rezaian looks at a picture of his brother, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian, after a news conference at the National Press Club July 22, 2015, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Wong, Getty Images)

Jason Rezaian is a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen born in California. He was a freelance journalist based in Tehran working for publications including the San Francisco Chronicle and GlobalPost, before joining The Washington Post.

• 2012: Rezaian is hired by The Washington Post as a Tehran correspondent.

• July 22, 2014: Rezaian and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, are taken into custody by Iranian authorities during a raid on their home in Tehran. The government confirms the arrest three days later.

• July 29, 2014: The U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, Wendy Sherman, testifies to Congress that a formal demand has been made for Iran to release Rezaian and his wife along with two other U.S. citizens.

• Sept. 17, 2014: Rezaian's brother Ali tells the Washington Post that the journalist's family has not been allowed any contact with Jason and they are concerned about his health.

Iranian-American Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and his Iranian wife Yeganeh Salehi. Rezaian was held on espionage and three other charges including "collaboration with hostile governments."(Photo: STR, AFP/Getty Images)

• Oct. 5, 2014: Rezaian's family makes public that Yeganeh Salehi, who is also a journalist, has recently been released. Rezaian remains in custody at Evin prison in Tehran, where political prisoners are commonly held.

• Dec. 10, 2014: The Washington Post reports the detention is taking a "devastating toll" on Rezaian, who must sleep with blankets on a hard floor and awakens each morning with back pain and suffers from a chronic eye infection.

• Dec. 11, 2014: Mary Rezaian pleads on video for her son's release.

• Feb. 12, 2015: Ali Rezaian tells the Post his brother has been allowed to leave jail briefly for medical treatment and has visited with his wife.

• April 20, 2015: Iranian officials make public that Rezaian has been indicted on charges that include espionage and "propaganda against the establishment."

Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter, has been imprisoned in Iran for more than six months.(Photo: Zoeann Murphy, AP)

• May 11, 2015: The U.S. Senate passes a resolution calling for Iran to release Rezaian and other detained Americans.

• May 26, 2015: Rezaian's trial begins behind closed doors.

• July 14, 2015: An agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting some international sanctions is reached with the U.S. and other world powers.

• Aug. 10, 2015: Rezaian's final hearing is held in Iranian court, according to the Washington Post.

• Oct. 12, 2015: Iranian TV reports Rezaian has been convicted, but there is no word on the length of his prison sentence.

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Rezaian was sentenced to prison for spying, according to Iranian state TV reports, though there's no word about the length of his prison term.
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Ali Rezaian looks at a picture of his brother, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian, after a news conference at the National Press Club July 22, 2015, in Washington, DC.
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Iranian-American Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and his Iranian wife Yeganeh Salehi. Rezaian was held on espionage and three other charges including "collaboration with hostile governments."
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In this photo April 11, 2013 file photo, Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for the Washington Post, smiles as he attends a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran.
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Jason Rezaian, right, an Iranian-American correspondent for the Washington Post, and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, an Iranian correspondent for the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper, The National. Rezaian was detained in Tehran on July 22, 2014 along with Salehi, and two photojournalists.
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